Microservices - Service Mesh
If a sidecar proxy is configured to handle retries and circuit breaking, what happens when the microservice is temporarily down?
If a sidecar proxy is configured to handle retries and circuit breaking, what happens when the microservice is temporarily down?
medium📝 Analysis Q5 of 15
Step-by-Step Solution
Solution:
Step 1: Understand sidecar proxy features
Sidecar proxies often implement retries and circuit breakers to improve resilience without changing microservice code.Step 2: Analyze behavior when service is down
The sidecar proxy retries requests and opens a circuit breaker to stop sending requests temporarily, protecting the system.Final Answer:
The sidecar proxy retries requests and may open a circuit breaker to stop sending requests temporarily. -> Option DQuick Check:
Sidecar handles retries and circuit breaking [OK]
Quick Trick: Sidecar manages retries and circuit breakers [OK]
Common Mistakes:
MISTAKES- Assuming immediate error return
- Thinking microservice restarts automatically
- Client retries without sidecar
Master "Service Mesh" in Microservices
Want More Practice?
15+ quiz questions · All difficulty levels · Free
Free Signup - Practice All QuestionsMore Microservices Quizzes